Old train station in Baquedano

Pachamama by bus - part II

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January 30th 2006
From Bahia Inglesa the tour continued to Antofagasta through one of the driest places on earth. There has been any rain in over 50 years! Antofagasta is the second biggest city in Chile with about 350 thousand people living there. Quite a gap to Santiago with over 6 million people. Antofagasta is the main port of Chile's mining industry and is not a very interesting place. La Portada - a cliff ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more